In this case the muck is 140 million years old and belongs to a dinosaur from the Jurassic period. At a recent auction held by Bonhams the auctioneers, in New York, a coprolite was sold for almost £500 – twice the expected amount. A coprolite is dinosaur dung that has been fossilised into what is a hard rocky substance. Continue Reading…
Dorchester’s award winning Dinosaur Museum has received an offer from an anonymous backer to bid for a rare skeleton of Triceratops that is being auctioned by Christies in Paris on April 16th.